The theme of North Carolina House Republicans’ budget so far has been cuts: saving millions of dollars by cutting vacant ...

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Wildlife gets its water from the same sources as people. The less water we waste, the more water remains for wildlife. To ...

The Office of the Texas Comptroller announced that a sales tax holiday for water-efficient and energy efficient products is ...

N.C. House Republicans are proposing restoring the sales tax holiday on an August weekend starting in 2026. That would mean no state sales tax on school supplies, clothes and other related items.

The comptroller's office estimates shoppers will save about $2.3 million in state and local sales taxes during the tax holiday, which was approved by the Texas Legislature in 2015.

First, the sales tax holiday, which had been an August weekend that gave back-to-school shoppers a tax break. Also, a tax break on tips. Here’s their pitch. House Republicans are proposing ...

The chamber's proposed budget seeks to reinstate an annual back-to-school sales tax holiday that was canceled 10 years ago. The proposal would also offer tax relief to service-industry employees.